Neither is easier to carry than the other, both are incredibly improbably ammo loads. 250 rounds in a belt is around 4 meters in length, it is a huge stretch already in game to have the MG34 belted with that load, let alone having the gunner carry another 4 meter belt.
Do you know how many times you would have to wrap 4 meters of belting around your torso to not trip over it? Even if it was in a box, how does one hold a box in one hand and a 27 pound MG with a 250 round belt (at least 8 additional pounds) wraped around it in the other? How does that person come into action as quickly as the gunner in game does? It may have been possible if the MG34 had a top mounted sling like the Bren or BAR did which assisted in walking fire, the MG34 (and MG42) have a bottom mounted sling which is of absolutely no use in action because the gun hands upside down.
It is not that the DP28 should have more ammo, the MG34 needs less, starting with a smaller belt. MG34 max ammo should be around 300 rounds at most, either 2x150 round belts or more realsitically 3x 100 round belt (because a 100 round belt can be kept from dragging on the ground without resorting to wraping the belt around the gun or yourself).
If you want to see what 250 rounds look like:
Notice the 50 round belt alone (minus the pully thing) is about 3/4ths the length of the 1 meter long K98.
Again, it is not historical, a gunner did not carry 500 rounds on himself and move and react like the MG34 gunner in game does. He could not reload as quickly, he could not raise and fire as quickly, especially if that additional 250 rounds is in a box (because the rounds in the box are not evne linked into a single belt).
And I don't need to be told how to use the DP, I have a confortable 3 k/d ratio with it and routinely get 40-50 kills a map with the weapon.
R for my above post... I think a 50rd starter belt would be good for spawn, but then have a 250rd belt in reserve on you. For starters the Germans could not just open the box and feed 250 rounds because (according to my understanding) the ammunition in the box could only be split into two different belts (one 100 rounds and the other 150 rounds) each facing a different direction. Because the 8mm round is wider at the back than just before the neck you can't close the box lid if all the rounds face the same direction. In fact this makes 100 - 150 round belts more plausible than 250 round belts because that was the only way they could be transported in the box. Otherwise you need to take both belts out, flip one over so it faces the same direction as the other, link them, then either spread it back on the ground or stuff it back into the box (which can't be closed again).
If it can't be replicated in game than a compromise is needed. There is nothing right about giving people all the advantages of a 250 round belt without any of the disadvantages that would come from carrying one. A compromise is a 100 round belt, something that could be conceivably carried by one man without major interference but is not so short that the gunner will blow through the ammo too quickly (like a 50 round belt would be). Nothing else is practical for one man unless we start forcing movement and action limitations on the MG34 gunner. It is just easier to give them a 100 round belt, and quicker too.
Right, well TL
This is at least more plausible than carrying 500 rounds upon your back. This is clearly doable, because if you notice the second belt in sequence as hero is in fact, not a 250rd belt. Yet, 250 rd belts are in fact realistic for use, as I showed earlier.
If you care for my opinions on this or are open to them anyways, this might be interesting to you, ideas I posted for a realism mod:
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